Hose-reel.



R. D. WIRT.

HOSE REEL.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1.1916.

Patented Oct. 30,1917.

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REUBEN D. WIBT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOSE-REEL.

1,2d4 818. cri mi application filed August 7, 1915,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, REUBEN D. WIRT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of: Pennsylvania, have invented a hose reel filed August 7, 1915, Serial No.

It is the object of the invention to provide a hose reel of simple, light and inea:-

pensive construction, which can be knocked down readily in order that it can be stored orv packed within small compass, enabling the device to be transported by parcel post or otherwise at a minimum expense, the device being readily assembled or set up, and being thoroughly efficient, practical and serviceable in use.

A further object of the invention is the provisionof a reel embodying a unique assemblage of the component parts whereby the elements cooperate in a desirable and efiicient manner.

With the foregoing and other objects in viewwhich will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the acco panying drawing, wherein 4 Figure 1 is a fragmental view of the reel.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the rings or annular plates.

Fig. 3 isa fragmental view illustrating a modification.

Fig. 4: is a sectional-detail illustrating another modification.

In carrying out the invention, reference being had particularly to Figs. 1 and 2,

there is provided a hollow spindle 1, the ends of which are exposed, and which is provided at one end with a base or flange 2 adapted to be secured in any suitable means to a wall or other support 3 for holding the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 30, 1917.

Serial No. 44,204. Divided and this application filed. November t, 1916. Serial No. 130,026.

spindle 1 firmly in place. The spindle 1 is provided adjacent the base 2 with an angularly extending inlet arm 4 to which one end of a short hose 5 is connected, the other end of the hose 5 being connected to a faucet, hydrant or other source of water, whereby the water is delivered into the spindle 1.

lhe spindle 1 is provided between its ends and adjacent the arm 4: with an annular peripheral collar 7 provided with an annular flange or apron 8 projecting toward the free end of the spindle and providing an annular stuffing box 9 between the flange 8 and the spindle 1 receiving the packing 10.

"The reel proper embodies a hub or sleeve 11 of greater diameter than the spindle 1 an d of shorter length than the said spindle,

the hub 11 surrounding the spindle 1. and

against the packing. 10 to prevent leakage at the respective end of the hub.

A retaining nut 13 is threadedupon the free end portion of the spindle 1 for retaining the huh 11 in position upon the spindle, and the nut 13 has an annular stuffing box 141 at its inner side rotatably receiving the respective contracted end 12 of the hub 11; A packing 15 is disposed'within the annular stuffing box 14 and bears against the respective end of the hub. The nut 13 is held in place by means of a set screw 16 carried thereby and bearing against the spindle 1. When the nut-13 is screwed tight upon the spindle 1, the hub 11 is held in place between the collar 7 and nut 13, and the packings 10 and 15 are brought under compression to prevent leakage at the ends of the hub, 13 rovides a stufiing box for the respect1ve end of the hub.

it being noted also that the nut The intermediate or body portion of the hub 11 provides an annular chamber surrounding the spindle 1, and the water 15 delivered from the spindle 1 into the hub 11 through one or more slots on openings 17 with which the spindle 1 is provided within the hub 11.

I or annular side plates 20 are slipped snugly lieve the bolts or securingelements 21 of upon the hub 11 adjacent the ends 12 there- 0 and rest against the outer slightly conical sides of the flanges 18, and the-plates are detachably secured to the flanges 18 by means of bolts or other removable securing elements 21 engaged through suitable aper-' tures in the .plates and flanges. Each of the plates 20 is provided with diametrically opposite lugs 22 projecting from its'inner side adjacent the periphery or margin thereof and fitting in the recesses 19 of the respective flange 18, whereby the lugs 22 re- 25, and portions 26 reflexed or bent back outwardly against the remote sides of the limbs or arms of the member 25. From the portions 26, the stock is bent or cut or curved along converging lines, as at 27, the portions 27 bearing or resting against the outer sides of the intermediate or yoke por- -tion of the member 25. The portions 27 are bers 25 spacedapart, and the stock has the spoke portions 28 projecting on slightly divergent lines from the portions 27 in a direction 0 posite to the direction in which the lim s of the member 25 project. The terminals of the stock or the spoke. portions 28 thereof are received by the respective grooves 23 of the plates 20. The arms 24 are readily assembled with the plates 20 before said plates are clamped to the flanges 18, and then when the bolts 21 are applied and tightened, the terminals of the spoke portions 28 are clamped tightly between the plates 20 and flanges 18, thus preventing the accidental detachment of the arms 24. The "ll-shaped members 25 as well as the remainmg portions of the arms 24 are disposed in radial planes in which the axis of the spindle 1' and hub 11 lie, the portions of each arm 24 lying in a common plane. The mem provide means for receiving the hose, whereby the hose may. be-wound u on the members 25 of the arms 24, as will parent. 4

In order to deliver the water from the hub 11 to the hose (not shown) wound upon the reel, the hub 11 has an outlet 29 between its ends,-and a radial pipe 30 has its inner end attached to the outlet 29 of the hub 11 and is provided at its outer end with an elbow 31 adjacent one of the members 25 for the attachment of the respective end of the hose hose from the reel.

be apwhat is claimed as new is outstanding aseaeie to the pipe 30. The pipe 30 may be separate from the hub 11 as illustrated'or may be integral therewith, whichever is preferred.

The reel may be usedfor carrying garden hose, or may be used for carrying any hose used for any purpose, itbeing evident that the-reel may be constructed in various sizes and proportions. I

When the hose wound upon the reel 1"is connected to the pipe 30, and when the hose 5 is attached to a faucet, hydrant, pipe, or other source of water, the water may flow from the hose 5 into the hose (not shown) wound upon the reel, at any position ofthe reel, and without the necessity of taking the The water can flow from the hose 5 into the spindle 1, thence through the openings 17 into the hub 11, and

thence through the pipe 30 into the hose carried by the reel. The packings 10 and 15 prevent the leakage of water from the ends of the hub. V

The reel maybe knocked down, for purpose of compact storage or shipment, this being readily accomplished by: slightly loosening the bolts 21, which allows the arms 24 to be withdrawn from the plates 20. The arms 24 may then be the other, and packed within a small ox with the spindle 1 and hub 11.

Fig. 3 illustrates a modification wherein the passage of water throughthe spindle placed one uponand hub is eliminated. The spindle 1' in the modified form is provided at one end with a base plate or'flange 2' for attaching it to a support, and the spindle 1 has a collar 7 against which one end of the hub 11' rests. A cotter pin or other retaining element13' is engaged with the free end of the spindle 1 for holding the hub 11', thereon. The hub 11' has the flanges 18 for the attachment of the reel arms 24, the same as above described.

Fig. 4 illustrates how the spindle 1" can be attached directly to a faucet F' or a hydrant, pipe or equivalent source of water. In this case, the end of the spindle '1 is open, and is threaded, as at 4', into an elbow or coupling 5 which is attached to the faucet 'or water supply member F. The'reel can thus be supported from the faucet, valve or the like.

Having thus described the invention,

7 A reel comflprising a hub having s aced anges, the. opposite si es of which are conical, radial arms having spoke pprtions and U-shaped receiving members tween the outer ends of said portions and contacting therewith to limit the movement (portions-toward one another, the 126 mner on s of said of said portions seating against said conical sides of the flanges, dished rings fitted on the hub at the opposite sides of said flanges and having radial grooves re- 1 ceiving said spoke portions, said flanges and rings having interengaging lugs and notches, and securing elements extending through said flanges and rings In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

v REUBEN D. WIRT.

Witnesses: v

Mormon E. MILLER, AGNES Roomm. 

